Pope Benedict VI

Pope Benedict VI (910-1 July 974) was Pope from 973 to 974, succeeding Pope John XIII and preceding Pope Benedict VII.

Biography
Benedictus was the son of Hildebrand, a Roman of German ancestry. He was elected as pope in 973, and his reign was very short. Benedict was an ally of Otto I of Germany, but Crescentius the Elder and the anti-German faction overthrew him in 974, and Otto II of Germany failed to secure his release.